using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. when i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it ! I can still access/see the chapters and films ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

ps this problem does not occur with an original template, only with a new image!)

You have posted in the wrong forum. This is not the dvd authoring forum.

using tmpg (trail version), i've built the dvd video and menu. when i play the files (via laptop/powerDVD) the menu has large noisy horizontal stripes through it ! I can still access/see the chapters and films ok, and they view/play cleanly as expected .... (The background has an image from the mpeg and has replaced the original on the template) ....any ideas anyone ??

ps this problem does not occur with an original template, only with a new image!)

I think youve got the wrong forum you need the TMPGdvd author forum this is the TMPG encoding forum.

I've had that problem at times too on different authoring tools.
I have found that a field encoded file plays back as you have noticed, on computer monitors: which are progressive scan. They play fine on ntsc monitors.


However, if you re-encode the file with frame based encoding, that may solve your problem.

Also, whatever software you use on your computer will effect playback. Different decoders react differently.

Hope that helps.

I'm trying to use TMPGEnc to encode a file that is an AVI in the MS-MPEG4 V2 format to DVD. I've pulled out the audio stream using VirtualDub, so my source video is the AVI and my source audio is a wav file. Every time I try to encode it to DVD, it stops encoding at exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes into the movie.

Any ideas why?

Thanks in advance.

is there any multiple processor or parallel processing support...

is there a possiblity of a pc cluster version...

i have several pcs and i am concidering a win2k pc cluster to utilize all of the resources...

it would be nice to have a tmpgenc encoder that would take advantage of this setup for faster encoding...

thanks,
Chris

It is possible, you need win 2k advanced server, not the standard win 2k.

You might also want to look into win 2003 server. (I'm not sure of the edition you need.) Do a google search.

If you configure it correctly, the server would then split the process and it would "emulate" a multi-processor system.

However, if you use two computers don't expect to encode twice as fast. There is some overhead.

I record TV programms with Virtual VCR and use the Huffyuff encoder. Audio is recorded in PCM and the output is an avi file. When I use the TMPGEnc wizard, a window comes up that says "judging field order". For a 45 min tv-programm it takes about 90 min to "judge field order". After that another 2h 40min to encode it into an apropriate mpeg dvd file.
Question: are these converting times normal?

I am using a AMD XP 3000, 512 MB

NO. It should only take minutes to judge the field order. The encoding time is OK.

There is either a problem with the file or TMPG has a problem and needs re-installing.

First try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 or 3 in the VFAPI plugins.

I'll try, thank you.

However, last night before reading your reply I tried without any change and a 45 min program took 6h 10min to encode. I did not use the wizard.

Now, how can I deinstall TMPGEnc properly before reinstalling it? Do I have to watch out for something special? Just delete the file?

There also was a message which said:

"read error occured at address 019029C4 of module 'Resample.dll' with 0000001C"

What about it?

Resample.dll is being used to convert the audio frequency. If you are having problems, download SSRC and specify you want to use it in the "environmental options".

VCD uses 44.1 kHz
DVD uses 48 kHz

You do not specify what format mpeg you are conveting to.

I always try to advoid the conversion.

If I want to make a VCD, I set my capture card software to capture the audio in 44.1. If I want a DVD I set it to 48.

Video Guy

Thanks, but where do I get SSRC? And what is it?

My avi-files are already in PCM mode and as I understand it in 48khz. What I do in converting is depending on the recorded program to set the bitrate for audio to normally 224 or in case of speech only to 160. Both modes are offered by TMPG, so there should not be any problem. But .....

A DVD Ram disk was made using a panasonic DMR-E100H recorder, of home movies from a SVHS Video recorder(sony HI8 Camera source)the resultant DVD_RTAV file is opened into the TMPGEnc Author program as to edit and encode to Mpeg2.
My problem is, TMPGEnc DVD has encountered a problem. The program is a mix of different video formats mpeg1-mpeg2, or 4:3-16:9, 704x576-352x576, ??
If I open the same VR Movie VRO file into Power DVD and play the video file, Power DVD video properties dislays a diferent story, All the video content is 720x576 Pal at 4:3 aspect ratio.??? My question is ,where is the problem? why does Power DVD see the file ok but TMPGEnc does not?? By creating 2 projects I was able to seperate some of the video 704x576 and 352x576. I can't understand where the change has come from? All my video was recorded with a Sony Hi8 Camera, to a JVC Super VHS Recorder the to the Panasonic recorder to it's Hard
drive then high speed dub to the Ram Disk.

I hope some one can help here as the program seems to work well, other than my problem.

Hans

> Sony Hi8 Camera, to a JVC Super VHS Recorder the to the Panasonic recorder

What a loss in quality. Why not directly from Hi8 to the DVD Recorder?

> My problem is, TMPGEnc DVD has encountered a problem. The program is a mix of different video formats mpeg1-mpeg2, or 4:3-16:9, 704x576-352x576

Looks like you used different Recording Modes on your DVD Recorder.

> Power DVD video properties dislays a diferent story

Never trust PowerDVD!

You can use Project X to separate the Sequences with different Resolutions, but it's hard to use.

Thanks for the reply.

The Hi8 Camera work was done a long time ago, the SVHS tapes I am using are Library tapes tha I want to transfer to DVD.
One other way is to Hook up the SVHS Recorder to my DV Camera via SVHS cable and then DV out of the Camera via firewire.
It would have been more convenient the other way.

Thanks again for the reply.
Hans

Hello. I was wondering if there were any other differences between TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc Plus besides the obvious DVD/MPEG-2 conversions?

And, if I had an AVI file with AC3 sound, and I want to burn it to DVD, I just use TMPGEnc Plus to convert the video only to MPEG-2, DVD format right? And then somewhere in the DVD authoring process, I select the m2v file and the ac3 file to merge them together right? Is it possible for the audio to go out-of-sync? :( If it does, what are the reasons? Anyway to prevent it? When I listen to the AC3 file using Windows Media Player Classic on my computer, it seems really soft. I'm not using a 5.1 surround setup for my computer speakers. I just have 2 speakers on the left and right. Should I need to increase the volume or just leave it? I'm not sure how load it is on the TV setup.

Also, if the source AVI file is 23,976fps, what fps should I convert to if I wanted to make a DVD? In a tutorial I read, it said to select 3:2 pulldown as well if you had a movie like that but it did not explain why. So why? This is the guide I read: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php

I noticed that in VCDs, they are 29,97fps. When I convert it to an XVCD with 23,976fps, it looks weird even when the source AVI is 23,976fps. I was jus testing to see what was the difference. Why is it weird like that?

If you intend to create a DVD then don't touch the AC3 at all.
It doesn't matter if it's low on your system or not, that's a problem with your system not the AC3 as you won't get the full benefit of 5.1 channels on a 2 channel system because it will have to be downmixed.
You wouldn't be able to alter it anyway without re-encoding it and that would mean seperating all the channels and then finding a proper DD 5.1 encoder to re-encode it to AC3.

As for sync, it's always possible for sync problems to occur, usually a problem with the video causes this.

You must add 2:3 pulldown to a 23.976 MPEG2 source to make it DVD compliant. DVD's need to be 29.97 fps. Adding 2:3 pulldown will add extra frames to the video.
You can use PULLDOWN.EXE and it's GUI to do this after encoding.

As for your last question I don't know what you mean by weird.

It's weird when I select 23,976fps on VCDs because the video don't seem to move smoothly. It is more obvious in panning scenes. And why use 3:2 pull down when you can just change the fps option to 29,97fps? Is that even possible? Sorry, I have yet to get my new computer with the DVD burner so I'm researching about making DVDs. :)

>It's weird when I select 23,976fps on VCDs because the video don't seem to move smoothly. It is more obvious in panning scenes.

Where does this happen, DVD player or PC?

>And why use 3:2 pull down when you can just change the fps option to 29,97fps? Is that even possible? Sorry, I have yet to get my new computer with the DVD burner so I'm researching about making DVDs

Because just changing the frame rate to 29.97 would hard encode extra frames into the MPEG, this would then cause playback artifacts such as jerky movement.

2:3 pulldown doesn't actually add any extra frames to the MPEG, it simply adds flags to the MPEG to tell the DVD player where to duplicate certain fields in a frame. The result of duplicating fields is an increase in the frame rate, but with smooth motion.
You can find an explanation of 2:3 pulldown here:
http://www.projectorpeople.com/tutorials/pulldown.asp

Thanks. Since you said that just changing the frame rate to 29.97 would hard encode extra frames into the MPEG and causing playback artifacts such as jerky movement, I'm guessing that is the case with my test VCDs with the 23,976fps. Anyways, thanks for the help!

When burning DVD's using the Tmpgenc DVD Authoring program the option for my "write speed" is set to "max" and is greyed out. Is this normal? I would prefer to burn at a lower speed (2x or so) for possibly better quality

It says "file incompatible" when I try to convert a Divx avi file to MPEG, how do I convert this Divx file to MPEG?!?!

thank you :)

Use the search feature of the board.

Trying to convert a file and get a "Cannot Load P3Package.dll" error; any suggestions?

Yes, search and be enlightened.

After I convert to mpeg, and burn it onto vcd/svcd there are clipings on the edge that i cannot see, though i can see everything perfect on my computer. Any one know how to fix this?

Search this Forum for "Overscan". That's a frequently asked question.

Televisions generally clip up to 10% off the sides.

TMPGEnc DVD Author crops menus. The menu I make in the menu editor is perfectly centered (sometimes text just barely fits on the screen) but when I play the DVD in a player, a column of approximately 30 pixels in width is not present on the far right of the screen (in most burns -- in others, it's a row at the top of the screen of like dimensions), omitting a letter that would have been close to flush with the far right of the screen had the burn been done correctly.

In addition, this phenomenon also appears to affect the DVD movie itself (!), as, for example, long names that were once centered in the credits are now slightly skewed to the right.

MOST distasteful.

That's not a problem of TDA. That's absolutly normal. Any TV do have an aray called Overscan which can't be used for Videoinformations.
If you are using the Menu-Template, TDA will do it the correct way. If you use edited Menus, go to Options -> Show TV safe Area.

If you have cropped Videos, then you might have done a wrong encoding (wrong AR or something else).

Thanks for the input.

You say "If you are using the Menu-Template, TDA will do it the correct way." -- does this mean that the preset templates are set to "TV-Safe" but if I create my own template, I have to pay attention to TV-Safe when making it, but in later sessions when select it from the drop-down menu, it will work properly?

One other thing about "TV-Safe..." Since (I'd imagine) most DVD's are going to be played on a DVD player -- and on a TV -- this option should be enabled by default in some manner, in my opinion.

Yeah, I know, we always bitch. ;) Thanks again for your help.

Yes, you have to pay attention to it. That's because all DVD-Authoring Tools do offer you an option to show you the TV safe Area.
Once created, you own Templates do work propper - if you have done it the right way.

Oh, i sometimes use the Overscan-Area for hidden Buttons. ;)

I am having this problem too. I understand the TV safe reason for having with the menus, but I am seeing even more cropping than should result from that. Also, the video itself is cropped. I have tried encoding with a variety of things and used a variety of different videos; all have this problem. Any ideas?